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Vertex relabeling preserves the uniform regular graph law
Statement
Let be a positive integer and a nonnegative integer such that the set of simple -regular graphs on is nonempty, and equip it with the uniform law. For any permutation of , put . This map is a bijection of preserving the uniform law, Hamiltonicity and every graph property invariant under relabeling.
For , a candidate Hamiltonian cycle on is the edge set obtained by listing every vertex once and joining consecutive vertices, including the last and first. For , there are no candidate Hamiltonian cycles, following the convention that a simple cycle has at least three distinct vertices. A graph is Hamiltonian when its edge set contains a candidate Hamiltonian cycle. For any two candidate Hamiltonian cycles there is a permutation with .
Facts & Assumptions
Pairings, simple-graph conditioning and model transfer defines the nonempty uniform labelled simple regular graph model.
For , Hamiltonian cycles as finite cyclic-order events defines Hamiltonian cycles by vertex listings.
The symmetric group Sym(X): the bijections of a set X under composition defines a permutation of a set as a bijection from that set to itself.
The uniform probability space on a nonempty finite set assigns each outcome of a nonempty finite set weight , so an event has probability .
Walks, closed walks, trails, paths and cycles, with length equal to the number of traversed edges requires a simple cycle to have length at least three and distinct vertices before its closing repetition.
Proof
Given: The objects and hypotheses in the Statement.
Goal: Establish every assertion of the Statement.
By F3, each vertex has a unique preimage under ; mapping a vertex to that preimage defines the inverse permutation . Relabeling preserves distinct endpoints, and bijects the neighbors of with the neighbors of . Thus remains simple and -regular. Relabeling by inverts this construction, so is a bijection of the finite set . For every event , its restriction is a bijection from onto , so . Hence the uniform law is preserved.
If , applying to a vertex listing defining a Hamiltonian cycle gives a listing defining a Hamiltonian cycle of . Applying proves the converse. If , no simple cycle exists by F5, so neither graph is Hamiltonian under the stated convention. Thus Hamiltonicity is preserved for every allowed . A relabeling-invariant property is preserved by its defining invariance.
If candidate cycles exist, then . Choose listings and defining them. Set for every . Each listing contains every vertex exactly once, so this defines a bijection of , with inverse , hence a permutation. It carries every consecutive edge, including the closing edge, to the corresponding edge of , giving . For the assertion about pairs of candidate cycles is vacuous.
Depends on
- Pairings, simple-graph conditioning and model transfer
- Hamiltonian cycles as finite cyclic-order events
- The symmetric group Sym(X): the bijections of a set X under composition
- The uniform probability space on a nonempty finite set
- Walks, closed walks, trails, paths and cycles, with length equal to the number of traversed edges
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